RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1609
year: 1209
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Templars
text: Early in the year [or autumn 1204]. King Leon of Cilician Armenia sends a gift of precious cloths to Pope Innocent III, carried by a brother of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He tells the pope of presents he had sent before, carried by one of his milites called Sicardus, which had been taken by a Genoese pirate called Alamanus, as was witnessed by Galganus son of Risus, a shipmaster from Barletta, who owned the ship that was seized. Letters and presents for the pope had also been seized by the homines of the count of Tripoli. Leon begs the pope to forbid the Knights Templar to assist the count of Tripoli against him and his nephew over Antioch.
Early in the year [or autumn 1204]. King Leon of Cilician Armenia sends a gift of precious cloths to Pope Innocent III, carried by a brother of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He tells the pope of presents he had sent before, carried by one of his milites called Sicardus, which had been... more
sources: Maleczek, ‘Ein unbekannter Brief’, p. 25
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1659
year: 1212
initiator: Bishop and chapter of Tripoli
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
additional institution: Templars
text: Sept. 18. Segni. The bishop and chapter of the church of Tripoli have written to the pope. An interdict has been imposed on their city, because of the activities of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John. The Orders are not observing it and the clergy have asked if they may do the same. Pope Innocent III states that since the Templars and Hospitallers are exceeding their rights the bishop and chapter have licence to ignore the interdict.
Sept. 18. Segni. The bishop and chapter of the church of Tripoli have written to the pope. An interdict has been imposed on their city, because of the activities of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John. The Orders are not observing it and the clergy have asked if they may do the same... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:688, no. 162; Liber Extra, col. 865
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1670
year: 1212
initiator: Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Hospital of Saint John and the Knights Templar
recipient: Pope Innocent III
text: (c. 1212). [293] The patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Hospital of St John and the Knights Templar write to Pope Innocent III, in response for his request for reports on the situation there. They provide a dynastic history of the Ayyubids and focus on the domestic life of the sultan al-‘Adil, but also suggest that the Muslims are prepared to surrender the Holy Land to the pope.
(c. 1212). [293] The patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Hospital of St John and the Knights Templar write to Pope Innocent III, in response for his request for reports on the situation there. They provide a dynastic history of the Ayyubids and focus on the domestic life of the sultan al... more
sources: Richard of San Germano, pp. 34-7 (RRH no. 864)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1736
year: 1216
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Templars
text: Before Oct. [305] After describing the refusal of the count of Tripoli to abide by the papal legates’ judgement, the miseries of warfare, and the hopes for Raymond Rupen, his nephew and the legitimate prince of Antioch, Leon, per Dei et Romani imperii gratiam rex Armeniae, recounts for Pope Innocent III how he approached Antioch with his army and entered the city without any bloodshed. Raymond Rupen was received as legitimate prince at the cathedral by the patriarch, who gave him the vexillum principale and paid liege homage [ligium homagium] to him, as did the milites and clientes belligeri at the palatium. Then the barones, milites and burgenses who had been exiled were restored to their possessions. Leon agreed to restore [to the Latins] the church of Tarsus [Tarsensis Ecclesia], for which the patriarch had consecrated as archbishop the cantor Antiochen. Ecclesiae, and the church of Mamistra [Manustana Ecclesia], which he recognized to be a suffragan see of the patriarchate and to the archbishopric of which was elected the archidiaconus Antiochiae. The fons Gustoni was restored to the abbey of St Paul. The abbots of Nigra Montana had their casalia and holdings restored and the Knights Templar were given back the castellum of Gastum, which Leon had acquired from the pagani and had detained because of the needs of warfare. Leon reports that there is now peace in the land, as the pope will learn from the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John and other religious, should he enquire. Leon asks for aid and the promise of indulgences for those who come to the assistance of Cilician Armenia and Antioch.
Before Oct. [305] After describing the refusal of the count of Tripoli to abide by the papal legates’ judgement, the miseries of warfare, and the hopes for Raymond Rupen, his nephew and the legitimate prince of Antioch, Leon, per Dei et Romani imperii gratiam rex Armeniae, recounts for Pope... more
sources: Annales ecclesiastici 20:202-3 (RRH no. 817)